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<p><SPAN class="panel-title"> Character Slam Books -- BayCon 2012 </SPAN> <SPAN class="dateline"> 25.05.2012 17.30h </SPAN></p>
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Characters
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Dossiers
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Character Sheets
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Story Tracking
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Emerian Rich will lead a class that will benefit new and seasoned writers along with anyone who just wants to dream up characters. This can even apply to gamers.
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<p>PANELISTS:<BR/></p>
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<li>Emerian Rich</li>
<li>H.E. Roulo
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<h3 id="resources">Resources</h3>
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<a href="http://www.stormwolf.com/">Michael Stackpole Podcast</a>
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<p>Character &quot;Slam Books&quot; are character sheets plus background. They can include any assets that the writer wants, such as floor plans, recipes, etc.</p>
<p>Choose your medium:</p>
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<li>Notebook/journal</li>
<li>Binder/loose leaf</li>
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<p>Gather Tools:</p>
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<li>Character Pics</li>
<li>Floor Plans</li>
<li>Character Sheets</li>
<li>etc.</li>
<li>Highlighters/Pens</li>
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<p>Decide if you want different books for different types (characers, stories, settings, etc.)</p>
<p>Have a questions section (where questions are asked of the entity), and a link to &quot;appearing in&quot;</p>
<p>Flags -- distinguishing marks for minor characters (quirks or physical traits)</p>
<p>Annotate with &quot;cannon&quot; (published material) works, along with citation of <em>where</em>.</p>
<p>Musical Tastes Nicknames/Screen Names/Pen Names etc.</p>
<p>Browse the data in your booklet to break &quot;writer's block&quot;, and fill in more details, 'breaking the dam'. Write down both external and internal traits.</p>
<p>Look at your story for how much of each of the MICE elements are present.</p>
<p>Try finding real images for use in description.</p>
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